Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A.Heller [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Kalmia microphylla var. microphylla

Kalmia microphylla var. occidentalis (Small) Ebinger

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpine laurel	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kalmia glauca var. microphylla Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 41 (1834).
Kalmia polifolia var. microphylla (Hook.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 854 (1900).
Kalmia polifolia subsp. microphylla (Hook.) Piper & Roy L.Taylor Fl. N.W. Coast: 282 (1915).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A.Heller	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) Heller	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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